A reporter from local news station KFOR supposedly called it the biggest, most destructive tornado in the history of the world, and estimated it was two to three times the magnitude of the massive tornados that hit Oklahoma in 1999. Updates to come. Updates:
Acer ârubrumâ refers to the color red, and red is certainly this treeâs defining feature. When fall arrives, your Red Maple will be one of the first to color, quickly cloaking itself in more of the vibrant red shades that give it its name.
There are fine examples of red Japanese maple trees, including weeping types, that fall into either the Acer palmatum atropurpureum group or the Acer palmatum dissectum group. They often display red-colored leaves all summer that become a brighter red in fall, making them spectacular fall foliage specimen trees.apanese maple trees can be classified in various ways. Here I will focus on a couple of classification criteria: fall foliage color and leaf type. For while the kinds with red fall foliage are better known, some kinds have yellow or golden fall foliage. Examples are: 1  Full moon (Acer shirasawanum 'Aureum').